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And Adam was intimate with Eve, his wife; and she conceived and bare Caina, which is to say: acquired in pain;
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And the woman said: I have gotten a man from YHVHa; wherefore, he may not reject the words of YHVH.
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But, behold; Cain hearkened not, saying: Who is YHVH, that I should know him?
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¶ And she again conceived and bare his brother Abela, which is to say: my breath; and Abel hearkened unto The Voiceb of YHVH.
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And Cain loved the Accusera more than YHVH.
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¶ And it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the grounda an offering unto YHVH.
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And Abel, he brought the best from among the firstlings of his flocka, and YHVH had respect unto Abel and to his offering;
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But unto Cain and to his offering YHVH turned His gaze away, for this sacrifice was unto the mana, and not unto YHVH.
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¶ Now the Adversary knew this, and it pleased him, for he desired another in the flesh to pollute the seed;
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And Cain was very wroth, and he became defiant, having failed.
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¶ And it came to pass that YHVH said unto Cain: Why art thou wroth? Why is thy face blacka, and thy soul sleepethb?
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If thou doest that which is pleasing, thou shalt be exalted; and if thou doest refuseth, sin lieth at the door.
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Seek not to fulfill thy own desiresa, but take possession of thyself, or that Accuser shall have thee;
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And except thou shalt hearken unto the Worda of my teshuvahb, I will deliver thee up; and know thou that this shall be unto thee according to thy desire:
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For behold, thou art the ruler over him; and from this time forth, thou shalt be the father of his liesa;
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And it shall be said in time to come that these abominationsa were had from Cain, for thou hast rejected the greater counsel which was had from Elohimb:
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And this is the curse which shall be upon thee, except thou enter into teshuvaha.
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And Cain was wroth and listened not any more to The Voicea of YHVHb, neither to Abel his brother, who walked in holiness before YHVH;
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And Adam also and his wife mourned before YHVH because of Cain and his brethren.
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¶ And it came to pass that Cain took the daughter of one of his brothers to wife, and they both loved the Accusera more than YHVH;
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Yet Cain desired the wife of Abel, his twin; and thus knowing that YHVH should not give her unto him, for YHVH Elohima shall not divide that which is sealed to give unto another,
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Thus Cain, desiring to make a way, sought counsel from that serpenta that has deceived so many.
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And that Adversarya said unto Cain: Swear unto me by thy throat; and if thou tell it, thou shalt die;
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And swear thy brethren by their heads and by Elohim Chaiyima, that they tell it not; for if they tell it, they shall surely die:
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And this that thy father may not know it; and this day I will deliver thy brother Abel into thine hands.
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And the Accuser swore unto Cain that he would do according to his commands:
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And all these things were done in secret.
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¶ And Cain said: Truly I am Mahana, the master of this great secret, that I may murder and get gain;
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Wherefore, Cain was called Master Mahan; and he gloried in his wickedness.
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¶ And it came to pass that Cain went into the field, and Cain talked with Abel, his brother;
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And it came to pass that while they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and slew him.
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And Cain gloried in that which he had done, saying: I am free; surely all that belongeth to my brother shall fall into my hands.
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¶ And it came to pass that YHVH came unto Cain, and said: Where is Abel, thy brother?
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And Cain said: I know not; am I my brother's keepera?
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And YHVH said: What hast thou made this day? Listen! For the voice of the blood of thy brother calls out unto me from the ground;
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And now, thou hast brought the very cursea that I had spoken unto thee before upon thine own head;
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For the earth hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand:
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And now, when thou tillest the soil it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a vagabond and a fugitive shalt thou be upon the earth.
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And Cain said: That Accuser, he tempted me because of the flocks of my brother; and I was wroth also, for his offering thou didst accept, and not mine;
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And now my guilt is greater than I can carry!
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Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from The Presencea of Elohimb, and Thy Facea shall be as a secret kept from me; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth;
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And it shall come to pass that he that findeth me will murder me; and this because of mine iniquities; for I have murdered, and these things are not hid from YHVH.
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¶ And YHVH said unto him: No! For whosoever shall slay thee have also done murder, just as you; vengeance shall be taken on them sevenfold;
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And this because the sheading of the blood of mana only leads to the sheading of more blood.
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And YHVH gave charge unto Cain a sign, lest any finding him should smite this one.
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¶ And Cain was shut out from The Presence of Elohim with his wife and many of their kin;